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San Antonio The Twig Book Shop, Lili Mahoney reads and signs Barefoot Pastures, 11AM Monday, Jan. 4 Dallas The Wild Detectives, poet J. Scott Brownlee presents his new book, Requiem for Used Ignition Cap, with guest readers Paula Mendoza, Matt Morton, and Sebastian Hasani Paramo, 7:30PM Tuesday, Jan. 5 Austin BookPeople, Bestselling Author JEFF ABBOTT…

As a former legal professional, Kellie Coates Gilbert spent nearly twenty-five years working in courtrooms and behind the scenes of some of the largest and most well-known cases in America. Her books not only explore the heart issues that matter most to women, but often allow readers an inside peek into her former legal world.…

Texas Reads>> archiveGlenn Dromgoole 1.10.16   Author documents black holocaust in Texas Black Holocaust: The Paris Horror and a Legacy of Texas Terror by E. R. Bills (Eakin Press, $19.95 paperback) documents cases of forty black men and one Hispanic man being burned at the stake in Texas by vigilantes from 1861 to 1933 after being…

Texas ReadsGlenn Dromgoole >> archiveStep-mom offers hope to blended families Kristie Carpenter, author of The Blended Family Mom, has written a follow-up book, Blended Mom Moments: Weekly Inspiration and Encouragement for You and Your Blended Family (Tate Publishing, $14.99 paperback). The 52 short essays (two to four pages each) deal with practical day-to-day matters facing …

Michelle Newby is contributing editor at Lone Star Literary Life, reviewer for Foreword Reviews, freelance writer, member of the National Book Critics Circle, and blogger at www.TexasBookLover.com. Her reviews appear or are forthcoming in Pleiades Magazine, Rain Taxi, World Literature Today, South85 Journal, The Review Review, Concho River Review, Monkeybicycle, Mosaic Literary Magazine, Atticus Review,…

Writers’ League of Texas hosts 2016 Dallas-Area intensive “First Impressions Are Everything: Composing a Standout Query Letter” with Becka Oliver, Jan. 12 For those polishing up an existing manuscript to get it ready for potential agents, WLT executive director and former literary agent Becka Oliver provides guidance in an evening intensive class Tues., Jan. 12,…

Austin BookWoman, Book Signing & Wine Event with Stella Mowen, author of Until the Beat Stops, 4PM Malvern Books, J. Scott Brownlee launches his first full-length poetry collection, Requiem for Used Ignition Cap, joined by poets John Fry and Susan B.A. Somers-Willett, 2PM Fort Worth The Dock Bookshop, Kwanzaa Celebration Monday, Dec. 28 Fort Worth…

Awards, recognition, and service • Goodbye, Mexico:  Poems of Remembrance  Finalist, 2014 International Latino Book Award • Cold Blue Steel  Finalist, 2014 Writer’s League of Texas Poetry Award • Elected councilor for the Texas Institute of Letters, 2013 • Our Lost Border: Essays on Life amid the Narco-Violence won a 2013 Border Regional Library Association…

Texas Reads>> archiveGlenn Dromgoole 1.3.16   Step-mom offers hope to blended families Kristie Carpenter, author of The Blended Family Mom, has written a follow-up book, Blended Mom Moments: Weekly Inspiration and Encouragement for You and Your Blended Family (Tate Publishing, $14.99 paperback). The 52 short essays (two to four pages each) deal with practical day-to-day matters…

Lone Star ReviewsMichelle Newby, NBCC, Contributing Editor Texas ReadsGlenn Dromgoole >> archive Texas doctor relates bedside stories from his career Dr. Tom Hutton was no doubt a top-notch doctor during his more than thirty years of practicing in West Texas and Minnesota. He is also a very gifted writer and storyteller, as he demonstrates in…